> I am getting this svn client message: > The working copy at <repository> > is too old (format 29) to work with client version '1.8.4 (r1534716)' (expects > format 31). You need to upgrade the working copy first. > > I am interested in knowing where "format 29" is stored. My searches have > lead me to <repository>/.svn/{entries,format} which both contain a single > line with the value of "14" and .svn/wc.db which when dumped with sqlite3 > "format 29" does not stand out to me. > > Can someone point me to some documentation which explains where the > repository format information is stored for various version of subversion. > > I know in this case that I my repository was last updated by subversion 1.7.x > but nonetheless I would like to know how to get the existing repository > format info without upgrading or installing older versions of subversion until > one works with an unknown repository format. > > > Regards, > Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)
I'm pretty sure this message is talking about the WORKING COPY version, not the repository version. Format 29 is probably the working copy format for 1.7.x. BOb